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Tickets for the 2017 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Dinner are now on sale. Click here to reserve your table or individual tickets.

PLEASE NOTE the dinner has moved to a new venue and will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

The high standard of living enjoyed by Canadians today stems in large part from the development of rich natural resources - agriculture, forest and minerals. Canada has been blessed with an abundance of natural resources, and also has been very fortunate to have people with the ability to convert these resources from potential assets into useful products at a price others are willing to pay.

The conversion of potential to actual wealth does not come easily, but is based on hard work, determination, skill, and some luck.

The story of mining in Canada can be told in part by describing some of the accomplishments of leaders in the industry. The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame recognizes the accomplishments of over 160 people, but it must be emphasized that hundreds of thousands of people have contributed to the success of today’s mining industry.

Horace John Fraser's career was a varied one: a gifted student, a respected teacher, a wartime civil servant in the United States, and a senior mining executive in the private sector. He is best remembered, however, for his private sector career, during which he oversaw the merger of Ventures Limited. and Falconbridge Nickel Mines into Falconbridge Ltd. and set the company on its greatest period of growth, ultimately becoming the Free World's second largest nickel producer.... Read the full bio

Plan Your Visit

The Mining Hall of Fame at the ROM

The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto opened in December 2008. Located amidst Earth's Treasures in the Teck Suite of Galleries, it showcases the biographies and personal stories of Hall of Fame inductees through a fully bilingual interactive video wall that also explains how mining touches every part of our lives. Read More.

Events

Annual CMHF Induction Dinner

Thursday, January 12, 2017
Constitution Hall, North Building
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, ON Read more